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Sir John A. MacDonald
John Alexander Macdonald
Born: 11 January 1815
Died: 6 June 1891 (aged 76)
Party : Liberal - Conservatives -
Alexander Mackenzie
Born : January 28, 1822
Logierait, Scotland
Died: April 17, 1892 (aged 70)
Toronto, Ontario
Party: Liberal -
Wilfrid Laurier
Born: Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier
20 November 1841 Saint-Lin, Canada East
Died: 17 February 1919 (aged 77)
Ottawa, Ontario
Party: Liberal -
First Prime Minister
In August of 1867 the Dominion of Canada held its first election. Sir John A. MacDonald won because of his promise to bring Canada together by building an inter-colonial railway. -
Bringing Canada Together
Over the next 13 years, MacDonald got the North-West Territories, Manitoba, British Columbia, Prince Edward Islands and Arctic Islands to join Canada -
Upper Canada & Lower Canada
Sir John A. MacDonald helped bring Upper and Lower Canada together, creating the United Province of Canada He also brought Nova Scotia and New Brunswick into Canada -
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John A. MacDonald
Returned to power 1878- 1891 -
Building the railway
On this day MacDonald annouced that over the next 10 years he would be building a railway to bring Canada together. The railway was succesfully finished in 1881. The two lines met on November 7th 1885 and the last spike was drvin by Donald Smith. The first passenger train went across Canada on July 4th 1886. Its final stop was at Port Moody, British Columbia -
Creation of 5 new Institutes
Over the years of his term, Alexander Mackenzie created the Supreme Court of Canada, North-West Territories Act, North-West Mounted Police, the Secret Ballot and The Royal Military College -
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Alexander Mackenzie
Second Prime Minister of Canada -
Secret Ballot
Before the secret ballot, the Prime Minister could choose which districts would vote first. They would usually pick the ones, they knew would vote for them. Being so, when the other districts heard about who is currently winning, they would vote for the Prime Minister running as well. Alexander Mackenzie changed this so that everyone would vote on the same day making the winner completely anonymous. -
Supreme Court of Canada
The BNA Act had provided for a Supreme Court but, it was not established until Mackenzie's term as Prime Minister. By court of appeal, this was set to be one of Alexander Mackenzie's accomplishments during his term as Prime Minister -
Royal MIlitary College
After British troops left Central Canada in 1871, Mackenzie built this college to increase Canadian military. This College was built in 1874 but, it was not established until 1876. Graduates from this college served in World War 1. -
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MacDonald Returned To Power
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Wilfred Laurier
Seventh Prime Minister of Canada -
Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush led to the creation of the Yukon Territory in 1898. The discovery was made on August 16th 1896 in Bonanza Creek -
Immigration to Canada West
Laurier recruited immigrants to the Canadian West -
Creation of Two Provinces
Due to the major immigration to the Canadian West, Laurier created Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1905. -
15 Years In Power
Wilfred Laurier has had the longest uninturrupted term for any Canadian Prime MInister.
